Artists

Maurice Denis: Symbolist and Mystic Painter by Cathy Locke “Self-Portrait with his Family in Front of Their House,” 1916, oil on canvas November 25, 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the...

An American Treasure by Judith Brown and Serena Kovalosky    "Five O'Clock Tea" (1880) by Mary Cassat, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA   American painter, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), became known as a leading...

Caravaggio's  Big Break by Cathy Locke   The Lute Player, 1595, oil on canvas, collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia One of the finest paintings at...

Amélie Beaury-Saurel  The following has been taken from Magdalena Illán Martín’s papers titled “An excellent plea in favor of the rights of the woman by a painter. The representation of la...

The Genius of Jules Bastien-Lepage by Cathy Locke   “Self-Portrait of Jules Bastien-Lepage,” date unknown, Private Collection Born in a simple yellow farmhouse in Damvillers, France, Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) was forever...

The Life and Passions of Marie Bashkirtseff by Cathy Locke “Spring,” 1884, oil on canvas, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia   I often feel that my artistic career is made...

Marie Bashkirtseff, "Self-portrait with a Palette" (1880), oil on canvas. Collection of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice (Jules Chéret), Nice, France. Reflections on a Genius: Marie Bashkirtseff  by Joel L. Schiff...

Gentileschi | Artemisia Gentileschi by Georgia Modi Artemisia Gentileschi, “Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting” (1638-39), oil on canvas, Royal Collection, London Perhaps one of the most skilled Baroque painters...